Opening Night
Noche de Apertura

A young Dominican girl fleeing civil war arrives in New York during the Latin music boom and, against all odds in a male-dominated industry, rises to become the legendary Queen of Merengue, inspired by the life of Milly Quezada.
Una joven dominicana que huye de la guerra civil llega a Nueva York en pleno auge de la música latina y, contra todo pronóstico en una industria dominada por hombres, se convierte en la legendaria Reina del Merengue, inspirada en la vida de Milly Quezada.

Ti-Frè and Gran-Frè, two brothers of Haitian origin living in a Dominican Republic shantytown, struggle daily to survive. On a full moon night, desperation pushes them to steal from a plantation, where a mysterious beast prowls in the shadows of the banana trees.